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The CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Frank Ryan, will give a talk on careers in the indigenous science and technology sectors on Tuesday next in GMIT’s Theatre 1000 at 2pm. The talk, titled ‘Ireland — The Comeback Economy’, is organised by the Galway Science and Technology Festival.

Mayo people operating businesses in Dublin are to sit down together at the annual Mayo Association business luncheon taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge today (Friday November 11). The gathering, which will be addressed by Frank Ryan, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, attracts Mayo people from all across the capital involved in the world of business and is undoubtedly one of the highlights in the Association’s calendar of events.

With a finalist in the Brainfood.ie fantasy writing competition from Mayo, Ireland may well have found its own Stephanie Meyer, JK Rowling, or JRR Tolkien. Ten-year-old Sarah Bourke from St Peter’s NS in Snugboro, Castlebar, has made it to the final 16 – a very impressive achievement when one considers that nearly 5,000 pupils nationwide entered the competition.

Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG), developed and delivered by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, gets underway this week. Enterprise Ireland is placing 50 top-level graduates in export-led firms with markets across the globe, creating graduate job opportunities and helping boost export sales.

Start-up businesses of computer games and internet software applications are being invited to submit for funding under a new government led initiative to help start-ups go global.

There was a double triumph for Athlone this week, as both Athlone Institute of Technology and local company Woodfit were successful in securing business deals during the Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Saudi Arabia.

Galway Golf Club: Men’s 18 holes singles stableford Hampers, Joe Joyce (13) 39;:Dillon Burke (10) 38; Gross Tom Nolan (1) 34; Paul Kerr (11) 38; Niall Lynch (6) 37; Stan Mortimer (14) 36.

Political representatives from local and regional governments from across the 27 Member States of the European Union will gather in Athlone’s Sheraton Hotel on September 29-30 for a major conference, to discuss the problems that SMEs are facing and how to help these businesses grow and create jobs.

When Christy Moore sings his well known song, “Viva la Quinta Brigada”, in honour of those who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War one of his sardonic verses includes the lines: